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Robert N. Spicer
Robert N. Spicer is an instructor of communication with a professional background in politics and media production. He has done work in video and audio production and managed political campaigns for the State Senate and State House of Representatives in Pennsylvania and local government in Lancaster County. Spicer earned his B.S. in Speech Communication with an option in Broadcasting and a Studio Art minor from Millersville University in 2000. He went on to earn his M.A. in Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media from Temple University in 2003. He is currently working on his Ph.D. in Media Studies at the School of Communication & Information at Rutgers University.
Spicer's research interests include a broad range of issues in communication, politics, pop culture and media studies. More specifically, he focuses on media law, free speech, corporate speech, affect theory, immaterial labor and social media, political images and audience studies. He has presented his research at conferences for the National Communication Association, Eastern Communication Association, and the Society for Student Philosophers. These papers have focused on a wide range of issues, including rhetorical uses of death in political debates, media representations of audiences, and the self-perception of Facebook users.
Spicer's most recent publication is the chapter "The Obama Mass: Barack Obama, Image and Fear of the Crowd," in the anthology The Obama Effect: Mulitdisciplinary Renderings of the 2008 Election.
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